RI Organizations

Planning & Development

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

I recently received a press release from the Orton Family Foundation via RI-RESTORATION listserv announcing a new planning tool. Rhode Islanders have dealt with proposals for new major retail stores in several communities in the last few years, and I'm...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007

The Rhode Island Land Trust Council has a newsletter you might be interested in receiving. To subscribe, send an email request to rfriday@tnc.org I have just finished putting all the meeting announcements in What Grows On in Rhode Island and...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Last week I went to the Providence charette session about North Main Street, which is struggling to regain its economic prosperity and perhaps become a "destination" for people other than those who need Pepboys and a pawn shop. We talked...
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From RI Coastal Resources Management Council: Folks: The CRMC in collaboration with the URI Coastal Resources Center/RI Sea Grant has just posted the Urban Coastal Greenways (UCG) design manual on the web at: http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/metrosamp/ucg_manual/index.html The manual should be used...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

A series of workshops for the Mount Hope, Hope, and Blackstone neighborhoods next week should produce some interesting ideas, because a lot of neighbors are taking a strong interest. See the Providence Tomorrow website for details, as well as the...
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